The European contribution to "Sugarbaker's protocol" for the treatment of colorectal peritoneal carcinomatosis.

Introduction: In 1981, Dr. PH Sugarbaker, challenging oncological orthodoxy, considered carcinomatosis to be a locoregional stage of the disease that was still susceptible to treatment with curative intent. To this end he developed a new therapeutic alternative based on the combined treatment.

[Prevalence and treatment of oncologic disease in the elderly --an impeding challenge].

Life expectancy in Spain has more than duplicated during the last 20th Century, and is currently 75 years for men and 83 years for women. Predictions on the evolution of the National and global population anticipate a demographic shock in Spain when individuals older than 65 years eventually make up more than 33.5% of the Spanish population by year 2050.